Curling is a sport often dubbed as a game of inches.
There may be no one who can identify more with the phrase than Kelowna乌鸦传媒檚 Jock Tyre.
The coach of Germany乌鸦传媒檚 national women乌鸦传媒檚 team, Tyre watched the Daniela Jentsch foursome miss out on a potential Olympic berth earlier this month by the narrowest of margins.
At the European regionin Pilsen, Czech Republic, Germany lost a pair of extra-end games, including one on a measurement against Italy, to finish the round robin with a 2-4 record.
A 4-2 record would have been enough to get Germany into the three-team playoff, with two berths to South Korea on the line.
As it turned out, China and Denmark will be off to Pyeongchang, South Korea in February 2018.
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Missed opportunities aside, there乌鸦传媒檚 nothing Tyre would accept in a trade for his coaching experience with Germany乌鸦传媒檚 national team.
Among the many highlights was travelling to St. Gallen, Switzerland for the European Curling Championships in November where the Germans were among the 20 women乌鸦传媒檚 and men乌鸦传媒檚 competing teams.
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The German women have qualified for the World Women乌鸦传媒檚 Curling Championship this coming March in North Bay, ON.
Pending approval from Germany乌鸦传媒檚 governing body for curling, Tyre will once again serve as the coach for Team Jentsch.
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